by Karl Zeiner | Feb 29, 2016 | Coaching, Personal Trainer, Race Reports, Triathlon, Weekly Roundup
A busy week with a day in Glencoe and 2 days of racing over the weekend. Skiing In 2015 Fiona and I had tried to get up North skiing during the week when we could to avoid the weekend crowds. We decided to do the same again this year and with the winter finally...
by Karl Zeiner | Feb 24, 2016 | Coaching, Cycling, Running, Weekly Roundup
Another good training week and a mixed weekend in terms of race results for the team. Pentland Ride and shorter stuff My friend Mike had taken Monday off work and suggested we should head to the Pentland Hills on the mountain bikes. I was thrown into a bit of a...
by Karl Zeiner | Feb 17, 2016 | Coaching, Cycling, Running, Weekly Roundup
The week started with a new bike and ended with 2 races in the snow. Winter arrived in our area of Scotland with low temperatures, snow and calm conditions. New Bike On Monday I picked up my new commuter hybrid bike from Evans Cycles in Edinburgh, not a shop I would...
by Karl Zeiner | Aug 15, 2013 | Coaching, Running, Training
Yesterday I did a series of downhill repetitions with one of my athletes in the Pentlands. To me this is an element of trail and hill running that is too often ignored. The approach is more likely that when in races (especially longer ones) to take the descents easy...
by Karl Zeiner | Aug 7, 2013 | Coaching, Training
Be it cycling, running or adventure racing, one of the most important things to consider is how to pace the event early on. Especially if the first couple of days are relatively short there is a huge temptation to “race” these days as if they are standalone events. A...
by Karl Zeiner | Feb 22, 2011 | Coaching
A few years ago when at the physio to have my shin splints treated, I was told that I had a strong core but didn’t use it. That statement puzzled me somewhat. More recently one of our club coaches asked me if I do a lot of core work based on what he could see of my...
